2013

Motherboard Books: Let’s Make A Webpage {Crew Review}

June 10, 2013 by Dana

Do you know how to make a webpage? Could you teach your children how? Is this something you need assistance in learning or teaching your children how to do? Then look no further than Let’s Make A Webpage from Motherboard Books!

Let’s Make A Webpage teaches your child, or you, everything you need to know about building your own webpage from scratch. Using CoffeeCup HTML Editor you will learn the basics of webpage building and so much more. Let’s Make A Webpage makes webpage making easy!

The first step in using this e-book is to create an interview to use in preparation for your webpage. The student needs to choose several questions of their own creation to ask someone they wish to know more about. This could be Mom, Dad, the neighbor, their sister, cousin, aunt, the librarian, etc. Whoever the student wishes to interview.

My son chose to interview Dad. These were his questions:

1. What is your job?

2. How long have you been doing it?

3. What exactly do you do?

4. Did you learn anything during school that helped to prepare you for your job?

5. Is this the career you expected to have?

My daughter chose to interview her Grandma. These were the questions she asked:

1. What year were you born?

2. What was life like when you were a child?

3. What were you like at my age?

4. What was schooling like for you at my age?

5. How are things different from your childhood until now?

6. How are you and I different at this same age?

After they both conducted their interviews, we then wrote out a short report explaining all of the things they learned from their interviews. This gathered information was used in the process of creating their webpages. We also saved a photo of each person interviewed to use within our webpage.

The next step was downloading CoffeeCup HTML Editor to use for creating our webpages. After downloading, we input our information, page title, etc. Then we clicked save so that we could work with this file throughout the process.

Then came the fun stuff: learning how to use text boxes, HTML codes, color and all the other fine details that work together to make a webpage a webpage. These details are the simple, yet complicated things that everyone should know when building a webpage. Let’s Make A Webpage made them easy to learn and easy to use!

Through these 10 easy but thorough lessons in the Let’s Make A Webpage e-book, the student learns all the important details in creating their own personal webpage. Once a student completes this program, they should have enough knowledge to be able to build any basic webpage they would like.

In the later chapters of Let’s Make A Webpage, students also learn to use animations, add in photos, how to safely use the internet and much more. These details combine to create a webpage that is catchy and attractive to the eye. And best of all it’s all easier than many people may realize.

Let’s Make A Webpage from Motherboard Books was written to be used with children ages 8 and up. It’s available as an e-book download for $19.95. It is designed to be used with the free download version of CoffeeCup HTML Editor. This program also encourages experimenting and creativity in working with computers. Don’t forget to check out Motherboard Books other programs too!

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Jackson is 9 Months!! {Thoughts From Me}

June 8, 2013 by Dana

Jackson is currently in therapy because he’s just a little behind in sitting, pulling up and crawling. Our therapist tells us he has low muscle tone, and is basically top heavy because of his long torso. He’s quickly catching up though.

Just this week, Jackson has learned to scoot crawl. He pushes his feet and scoots himself across the floor. For the last month he’s been rolling himself everywhere he wanted to go. Whatever works!

Last month, Jackson learned to wave Bye Bye and he can also do Hi! Last week he learned to play Pat-A-Cake and this week he’s learning to clap. He loves his little games.

Every day he says more things. He can say mmm, ddddd, bbbb. He has said Bye-Bye a few times and DaDa. His favorite word, though, is simply Jack-Jack. I tell him all the time he is my Jack-Jack Love.

He’s eating everything: fruits, meats, veggies and even drinking milk with no problems. We have not introduced nuts and eggs yet since they are high allergens. He is allergic to sweet potatoes so we currently avoid everything that contains them.

Jackson is growing bigger every day. He is growing into a sweet and gentle boy. He’s definitely no longer a little baby. He is a complete joy to our lives. We have been surely blessed.

Math Mammoth {Crew Review}

June 7, 2013 by Dana

Math Mammoth was created by Maria Miller to help homeschooling Momma’s who were completely lost at teaching math be able to provide a better learning experience for their students. Being an ex-math teacher, Maria was able to create an exceptional math program that is easy to use and understand by both teacher and student. Math Mammoth provides a complete math education that makes math easy.

Last year, we used Math Mammoth’s Light Blue series for second grade. You can read our review for that curriculum here: https://www.luvnlambertlife.com/2011/11/tos-review-math-mammoth.html. This year, I chose to review Math Mammoth’s Light Blue series for first grade.

I chose this curriculum for two reasons: to review math fact basics with my daughter who struggles with them and to begin my youngest daughter’s education in addition and subtraction. The first grade level of the Light Blue series worked great for both of their needs. And since it’s easy to use, my older daughter needed little help from me to work through it. She is able to read on her own and follow through with her work. She was also able to help my younger daughter out along the way, when I was unable to.

I chose the Light Blue series because it’s a complete curriculum. This allowed my daughter to completely relearn the concepts she struggles with instead of just working on reviewing facts that she didn’t completely understand the first time. We basically started all over with Math, only this time the lessons were much easier for her to comprehend. And though we’ve only been using the program a short time, she is definitely catching on fast.

Math Mammoth’s Light Blue Series for Grade 1 covers addition and subtraction concepts and strategies, whole number and place value relationships to 100, measurement of length, geometric basics, time and money. Even though we are using this curriculum for a math review purpose, we have started from the beginning and worked through. The program is not boring or overwhelming to my students, and as I’ve mentioned more than once, it’s extremely easy to use and comprehend.

Math Mammoth Light Blue series is available online for $34 for the full set of Grade 1 as a download or on CD for $39 plus shipping. It is also purchasable as individual sectional downloads through the website.

A Kingsbury Collection {Blogging For Books Review}

June 6, 2013 by Dana

If you love Karen Kingsbury, then you will love A Kingsbury Collection. Three of Karen’s best novels combined into one over-sized novel. This is a collection Karen’s fans surely won’t want to miss.

A Kingsbury Collection includes: Where Yesterday Lives, When Joy Came to Stay, and On Every Side.

Where Yesterday Lives tells the story of Pulitzer Prize winner, Ellen Barrett. Lost in her faith, struggling in her marriage and missing the past, Ellen longs for long ago times. Ellen returns home, after her father’s recent death to find changes she wasn’t expecting and a future God had planned, even though she had not.

When Joy Came to Stay shares the story of the Stovall’s. Ben and Maggie have a life most people dream about. What they don’t have is the one thing that only sweet Amanda Joy can provide. This novel brings to life the faith of child who brings others closer to God in an unexpected way.

On Every Side, newscaster Faith Evans finds herself telling the story of an one-hundred-year-old statue of Jesus. The statue stands in a small-town park. Jordan Riley supports the belief that this statue is a violation of the separation of church and state and wants to see the statue removed. Battle lines are drawn but can love overcome all?

As with all of Karen Kingsbury’s great novels, love and God bring others together, triumphing over all. Karen’s books are sure to restore your faith and leave you wanting to read more.

A Kingsbury Collection is available for $19.99 in paperback form.

Disclaimer: I have received a free print copy of A Kingsbury Collection from Walterbrook Multnomah’s Blogging for Books program. No money has been exchanged in this review. I was asked to provide a blog post in my honest opinion in exchange for this item. I’m including this disclosure in accordance with FTC guidelines.

Grumble Hallelujah {Tyndale Review}

June 6, 2013 by Dana

Grumble, grumble, grumble… do you find that you grumble about your life many days? Do you often find you blame others for the issues you have? Do you even find yourself blaming God? Or how about asking him “why me, Lord?”

Welcome to the principles behind Grumble Hallelujah! Grumble Hallelujah teaches you how NOT to grumble, place blame or even turn against the things you “think” are causing your problems in your life. Grumble Hallelujah teaches you how to LOVE YOUR LIFE even as it’s letting you down.

This is the story of Caryn Dahlstrand Rivadeneira. Caryn tells us how she went from crying on the floor of her kitchen to praising God through all of her storms. Her life was disappointing and far from the original dreams she once had. So far that she couldn’t even imagine praising the Lord in the midst of all this trouble.

It was during one of her troubled moments that Caryn came to realize that all her grumbling was getting her no where. The only way to change her life was to seek the good and praise all that was, regardless of the circumstance. By praising God’s glory, even in times of trial, Caryn was able to overcome her depression and build a stronger faith than she’d every experienced before.

Grumble Hallelujah humorously helps readers find their own praise for things in their life by sharing Caryn’s heart-filled trials and triumphs, showing there is a better way to live. Grumble Hallelujah will help you clearly see that everything, even the bad, has God’s hand in it and He truly has a reason for it all. Live life for Him and you will never need to grumble again.

Grumble Hallelujah is available for purchase for $14.99 in paperback or $9.99 for Kindle.

Disclosure: This book was provided to me free for review by Tyndale House Publishers. No money was exchanged in the process of this review. I am including this disclaimer in accordance to FTC regulations.

See The Light Art Class {Christian Women’s Affiliate Review}

June 6, 2013 by Dana

Dave and Pat Holt’s See The Light Art curriculum is amazing. Their teams is dedicated to bringing scriptures and the principles of the Bible into the lives of See The Light users. All while learning important art skills.

See The Light Art Class Volume 1 teaches students the basics of Art. In Art Class, students learn important techniques that will be used in their Art throughout life. Each level of Art Class teaches different techniques and relates the lessons learned to Biblical scripture. The complete Art Class program teaches everything an Artist needs in preparation for a career in Art.

See The Light Art Class Volume 1 teaches the basic tools of the trade, beginning with the basics of drawing. Lesson one prepares the artist by advising them on the must-haves to keep on hand for their personal drawing toolkit. Things like pencil types, erasers, colored pencils and more are mentioned here. These things will be used throughout the artists journey into learning Art.

Lesson two teaches the importance of a line. Beginning with the simple line and expanding into different line types, curves and even thickness in size. All these skills come together to become contour drawing, giving life to the students Art.

Lesson three then moves into learning about contour drawing and composition in Art. Through this lesson the artist learns to synchronize eyes and hands to complete composition. The artist learns that where things are placed in an art piece, plays an important part to how the piece turns out.

In lesson four, it all comes together. The artist chooses a common item of choice and completes their contoured drawing using the many techniques learned in previous lessons. This tests what an artist sees and knows about their art.

We love See The Light’s art program and plan to add it to our homeschooling lessons in the future. See The Light is easy to use. As soon as See The Light arrives in our mail, my daughter grabs the discs and runs to view them. She has fine-tuned many skills using this program and looks forward to using more in the future.

See The Light is a program that she can use on her own, without input from me. The program disc provides an instructor and lessons guide her without needing my help. She can review the disc repeatedly and repeat techniques learned as much as she needs. Being able to view the videos on her own, allows her to repeat as needed and work at her own pace, which is something she really enjoys.

She has also taken what she’s learned through her lessons and begun teaching her brother and sister. They view the videos together and she guides them in completion of their own projects. This helps her develop skills in leadership and bond with her siblings. Sharing something she knows and loves also promotes strong self-esteem for her.

See The Light’s Art program has been a blessing for us. Bringing scripture into our home, while bringing Art to life is something everyone here enjoys. We look forward to learning more through See The Light in the future.

See The Light’s complete Art Class program comes in a boxed set of DVD discs for $99.99. This is a year’s worth of lessons on every aspect of Art that an artist could need. The program is also available to buy one disc at a time for $14.99 per Volume. There are also discs available for teaching Art Projects and Bible Stories. You can read our review of See The Light’s Paper Jungle here.

I received a free copy of this book/Ebook/Product to review. I was not required to write a positive review nor was I compensated in any other way. The opinions I have expressed are my own. I am disclosing this in accordance with the FTC Regulations. I am part of The CWA Review Crew.